178: My Hundred Gu Sect will handle this.

Today, the mountain gate of the Hundred Poisons Sect, which had been tightly shut for ten thousand years, slowly opened to both sides.

A middle-aged man, dressed in a sturdy earth-yellow outfit, with a resolute face and an aura as solid as a mountain, stepped into this eerie Insect City, welcomed by a team of Hundred Poisons Sect Elders.

This person was none other than the last remaining guard under Jia Wenmo, the Lord of Three Seas City—Earth Guard!

His aura was vast like an abyss; he was clearly a supreme existence at the Nascent Soul Peak!

Inside the Hundred Poisons Great Hall.

An old man, wearing a dark green robe, with a thin face and eyes as sinister as a viper, had been waiting for a long time.

He was the Sect Leader of the Hundred Poisons Sect, Ten Thousand Poisons True Man.

“Hehehe... I wonder which wind has blown Lord Tu Wei of Three Seas City to this humble place where I raise Gu?”

Ten Thousand Poisons True Man's laughter was sharp and grating, like the cry of a night owl.

Earth Guard remained expressionless, stopping directly in the center of the Great Hall, getting straight to the point.

“Sect Leader Ten Thousand Poisons, I won't waste words.”

“My City Lord sent me here because he wishes to make a deal with your sect.”

Ten Thousand Poisons True Man raised his eyelids slightly and said with interest, “Oh? Tell me about it.”

Earth Guard's voice was cold and domineering, filled with unquestionable authority.

“Three Seas City will join forces with your Hundred Poisons Sect.”

“To destroy the Beast Taming Sect and Myriad Spirits Manor!”

“After the deed is done, the cultivation resources of the entire East Sea Region will be split between us!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the air inside the Great Hall instantly solidified!

A flash of brilliance appeared in Ten Thousand Poisons True Man's murky eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

He picked up a blood-red beetle beside him, gently stroked it, and slowly said:

“Lord Tu Wei must be joking.”

“I am just a useless old man who raises bugs; I have no interest in becoming an overlord.”

“I just want to quietly raise my precious little darlings here in Holy Border Mountain.”

Earth Guard looked at his hypocritical appearance, a trace of undisguised disdain curling his lip.

“No interest?”

He let out a cold laugh.

“In my opinion, the bargaining chip offered by Jia Mouren isn't enough to tempt you!”

The hand of Ten Thousand Poisons True Man, stroking the beetle, paused slightly.

Earth Guard stepped forward, and a terrifying pressure belonging to the Nascent Soul Peak suddenly descended!

“Sect Leader Ten Thousand Poisons, we are both sensible people; stop hiding things!”

“I will lay my cards on the table!”

“Do you really think that our Three Seas City is a native power of the East Sea Region?”

Ten Thousand Poisons True Man's pupils suddenly contracted!

Earth Guard continued, speaking with a tone of endless superiority:

“We come from Outside the Eastern Sea!”

“We came to this remote place only to search for one item!”

“And that item is currently inside the Beast Taming Sect!”

Ten Thousand Poisons True Man's breathing instantly grew rapid!

Outside the Eastern Sea!

That vast world, which only existed in legends, where cultivation resources were incomparably rich!

Earth Guard watched his reaction with satisfaction and threw out the final, most fatal bait!

“As long as your Hundred Poisons Sect helps us secure that item!”

“Afterward, Three Seas City can take your Hundred Poisons Sect and leave this barren pond together, heading to the true Holy Land of cultivation, where resources far surpass this place by hundreds or thousands of times!”

Boom!!!

This sentence was like a Nine Heavens Divine Thunderbolt, striking Ten Thousand Poisons True Man's skull fiercely!

His body began to tremble uncontrollably!

What damned resources!

What splitting the world in two!

In front of the four words "Leaving the East Sea," all of that was worthless trash!

He, Ten Thousand Poisons True Man, had been trapped at the Nascent Soul Peak Realm for a full five hundred years!

It wasn't that his talent was insufficient!

It wasn't that he hadn't worked hard enough!

Rather, it was this accursed East Sea Region, where Spiritual Qi was thin and resources were scarce, making it utterly impossible to produce even the slightest opportunity for someone to Breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation Realm!

Soul Transformation!

That was the Realm all Nascent Soul Cultivators dreamed of!

And now, this opportunity was laid out right in front of him!

Ten Thousand Poisons True Man's sinister face instantly filled with an extremely eager smile; where was the composure he had displayed moments ago?

“Hahaha! What are you saying, Lord Tu Wei!”

“The Beast Taming Sect and Myriad Spirits Manor act tyrannically, and this old man has long found them unpleasant!”

“It is the honor of my Hundred Poisons Sect to be able to serve Three Seas City!”

He agreed readily, practically without any hesitation!

“This matter, my Hundred Poisons Sect... will do it!”

Ten Thousand Poisons True Man’s cry of “will do it” echoed endlessly throughout the Great Hall.

The voice was sharp, yet filled with uncontrollable ecstasy!

It was as if a wicked Flood Dragon trapped in a shallow pool for five hundred years had finally seen the hope of returning to the deep sea!

The Hundred Poisons Sect Elders on both sides of the Great Hall were stunned for a moment, and then expressions of fanaticism appeared on their faces!

Leaving the East Sea!

Heading to that legendary Holy Land of cultivation!

What an enormous temptation this was!

Forget just dealing with a mere Beast Taming Sect and Myriad Spirits Manor; even if they were asked to oppose the entire East Sea, they would not hesitate in the slightest!

“Hahaha! Good! Good! Good!”

Ten Thousand Poisons True Man said “Good” three times in a row, his sinister old face now smiling like a blooming chrysanthemum, all wrinkled up.

He stood up from the throne forged from countless poisonous insect skeletons and enthusiastically walked toward Earth Guard.

“Lord Tu Wei, this matter should be handled sooner rather than later!”

“This old man will immediately summon all elites above the Golden Core Realm in the sect and organize the Gu Insect Army!”

“You and I are both at the Nascent Soul Peak; if we join hands, supplemented by the hundreds of millions of Gu insects in my sect, we can flatten the Beast Taming Sect’s mountain gate in less than three days!”

“At that time, once we take that item, we can leave this damned place sooner!”

His tone was filled with impatience.

In his view, this was simply a heaven-sent blessing!

The Beast Taming Sect’s strongest, Ancestor Jin Huo, had already passed away; Shangguan Jing was severely wounded and dying; and True Lord Jian Chen had even self-destructed his Nascent Soul.

The current Beast Taming Sect was nothing more than a toothless tiger!

With the cultivation of him and Earth Guard, two Nascent Soul Peaks, who in the entire East Sea could stand against their combined might?

Sweeping aside the Beast Taming Sect would be as easy as reaching for something in one's pocket!

However, facing Ten Thousand Poisons True Man's enthusiasm, Earth Guard's rock-solid, resolute face showed no fluctuation whatsoever.

He simply watched Ten Thousand Poisons True Man quietly, his gaze cold, as if looking at an ignorant fool.

“Flatten the Beast Taming Sect?”

The corner of Earth Guard's mouth curved into a sneer.

“Sect Leader Ten Thousand Poisons, you are thinking too simply about this matter.”

Ten Thousand Poisons True Man's smile stiffened slightly.

“Oh? What do you mean?”

“Could it be... that the Beast Taming Sect has some other reliance?”

Earth Guard let out a cold snort, his voice hitting the Great Hall like an icicle in deep winter, instantly cooling everyone's enthusiasm.

“Reliance?”

“It’s more than just reliance!”

His gaze slowly swept over everyone present, and the terrifying pressure belonging to a Nascent Soul Peak expert caused the Golden Core Elders' breathing to hitch!